URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

Total population

7,730,188

Urban population

6,910,641

Rural population

819,547

Farm population

17,283

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,867,402

Preprimary school

154,489

Elementary or high school

1,194,522

Percent in private school

14.7

College

518,391

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Persons 25 years and over

5,166,233

Less than 9th grade

486,210

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

718,996

High school graduate

1,606,555

Some college, no degree

801,791

Associate degree

268,664

Bachelor's degree

826,887

Graduate or professional degree

457,130

Percent high school graduate or higher

76.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

24.9

RESIDENCE IN 1985

Persons 5 years and over

7,200,696

Lived in same house

4,329,415

Lived in different house in U.S.

2,659,864

Same state

2,090,274

Same county

1,428,225

Different county

662,049

Different state

569,590

Lived abroad

211,417

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

Persons 16 to 64 years

5,030,293

With a mobility or self-care limitation

239,548

With a mobility limitation

101,876

With a self-care limitation

187,254

With a work disability

310,838

In labor force

129,960

Prevented from working

153,212

Persons 65 years and over

985,121

With a mobility or self-care limitation

195,022

With a mobility limitation

145,987

With a self-care limitation

117,312

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

Women 15 to 24 years

219

Women 25 to 34 years

1,070

Women 35 to 44 years

1,810

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

817,409

65 years and over

240,620

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

7,730,188

Native population

6,763,578

Percent born in state of residence

62.6

Foreign-born population

966,610

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

384,515

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Persons 5 years and over

7,200,696

Speak a language other than English

1,406,148

Do not speak English "very well"

608,996

Speak Spanish

621,416

Do not speak English "very well"

311,025

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

153,671

Do not speak English "very well"

73,390

ANCESTRY

Total ancestries reported

9,586,680

Arab

47,173

Austrian

59,199

Belgian

7,624

Canadian

13,016

Czech

37,224

Danish

27,703

Dutch

159,165

English

702,552

Finnish

8,343

French (except Basque)

157,912

French Canadian

31,815

German

1,408,827

Greek

60,899

Hungarian

141,627

Irish

1,416,448

Italian

1,459,297

Lithuanian

49,870

Norwegian

46,991

Polish

626,506

Portuguese

63,188

Romanian

21,177

Russian

229,405

Scotch-Irish

86,869

Scottish

132,882

Slovak

117,562

Subsaharan African

21,023

Swedish

72,647

Swiss

25,402

Ukrainian

73,935

United States or American

170,439

Welsh

47,015

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

64,473

Yugoslavian

15,332

Other ancestries

1,983,140